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Great Debates: World Health Day 2005
On World Health Day 2005, WHO encouraged 14 countries to organize debates to highlight the maternal and child health challenges in their regions. These "Great Debates" brought together consumers, technical experts, civil society organizations and policy makers to discuss how best to tackle this invisible health crisis.
The 14 countries which hosted Great Debates were Armenia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Latvia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Argentina, Russia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Evaluation is in progress to summarize the outcomes of these debates. Please see summaries below.
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Great debates by country
Nigeria
A panel of discussants at The Great Debate, one of the activities organized to commemorate this year's World Health Day, has called on Government to revitalize the Primary Health Care system.
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Photos of the event
Zambia
National discussion on “Why mothers and children are dying needlessly in the 21st century” led by Zambian Health Minister and WHO Representative.
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